Advantages
Over the past 70 years, brazed aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers (BAHXs) have become the
preferred type for a variety of specialised and general applications, mainly as a result of
unique capabilities in heating and cooling liquids and gases, and boiling and condensing with
single and multicomponent streams. Users can benefit from their
- exceptionally small size, weight and footprint which saves installation and space costs,
- very large surface area per unit volume combined with high heat transfer coefficients thus giving an outstanding thermal performance from a small exchanger,
- ability to handle tiny temperature differences between streams thereby reducing compressor power and giving improved reheat,
- ability to accommodate many streams in the same exchanger thus giving greater flexibility in process flow-sheet design and in process integration, and
- small fluid inventory with consequent improvements in control, safety and product quality.
About
ALPEMA®, the Brazed Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers' Association represents the world's
five major manufacturers of brazed aluminium plate-fin heat exchangers
(BAHXs). These are very compact exchangers built to a high specification for use in air separation plants
and a wide range of other petrochemical and refrigeration applications. The Association has developed a set
of standards for the manufacture, installation and safe operation of BAHXs.
Contact
For further information or to give your views, contact
John Thome
ALPEMA Chairman
Tel : +41 (0)21 693 59 81
Fax : +41 (0)21 693 59 60
E-mail: john.thome@jjcooling.com
Secretariat services to ALPEMA are provided by HTRI.
ALPEMA® and the ALPEMA logo (top right) are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the European Union Intellectual Property Office, and in other trademark offices.
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